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S2961 • 2025

An Act authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes

An Act authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes

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Sponsor
Dooner, Kelly A.
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see S3052
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes

An Act authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes By Mrs.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes By Mrs.
  • Dooner and Mr.
  • Thurber of Somerset, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2961) of Kelly A.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Senate

    Accompanied a new draft, see S3052

  2. 2026-03-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-11:15 AM in 222 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2026-02-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in 222

  4. 2026-02-19 House

    House concurred

  5. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes
By Mrs. Dooner and Mr. Thurber of Somerset, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2961) of Kelly A. Dooner and Justin Thurber (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes. Environment and Natural Resources. [Local approval received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2961

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the town of Dighton may transfer the care, custody, management and control of a portion of certain parcels of land located at 0 Pleasant Street having an area of 830 square feet and shown as “Proposed Permanent Easement” on a plan of land entitled “Dighton Pleasant Street Construction Plan” from the conservation commission for conservation purposes to the Board of Selectmen for general municipal purposes, including for the replacement of a roadway bridge serving the adjacent public way. The land is identified on the town’s assessor’s maps as parcels 076/020.0-0012 and 076/020.0-0013, and is part of the lands taken by the town to enhance the Taunton River Watershed and for other municipal purposes pursuant to an order of taking recorded in the Middlesex southern district registry of deeds in book 19498, page 268 and book 1010, page 101.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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